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M. P. ADAMS.

CARRIER FOR STORE SERVICE APPARATUS. A No. 378.537. Patented Feb. 28,1.888.

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TATES PATENT MILTON F. ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RAPIDSERVICE STORE RAILYVAY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIER FOR STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378.537, dated February28, 1889.

Application filed February 3, 1887. Serial No. 226,850. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON F. ADAMS, of New York city, in the county andState ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementinCarriers for Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

The object I have in view is to provide the traveling carriers with asuitable spring-clip for holding papers, so that the apparatus will beadapted for telegraph, banking, insurance, or other commercial officeswhere it is desired to send papers from one point to another,

My object is to produce a device of simplicity and durability, and onewhich can be readily opened to receive the papers without exerting aninjurious strain upon the wireway upon which the carrier travels. Thedevice is also designed to be adjusted so that the force with which thejaws of the clip will be pressed together can be varied to suit theconditions of use, and the holding-jaws are faced with rubber cloth orother suitable material, to enable the papers to be pulled from the'clipwithout opening it and without tearing such papers, and so that the clipwill hold the papers more securely.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is a sideview of a carrier embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse sectionof the same on line 2 2 and Fig. 3, a vertical section, on a largerscale, of the lower part of the clip.

A is the traveling carrier of a store-scrvice apparatus. This carriermay be of any usual or suitable construction. It is shown as a wheeledcarrier traveling on a stretched Wire, 13, which is the way of theapparatus.

My spring-clip is preferably a single piece of fiat spring metal, whichis attached at or near its center to the under side of the body of thecarrier. For this purpose a plate, a, is secured to such body, and hasears I), which are bent inwardly over the spring and hammered down uponsuch spring, firmly attaching it to the carrier.

The spring on opposite sides of the point of attachment is bentdownwardly, forming a spring-bow, O, and below this bow the sides 50 ofthe spring are connected by a bolt, D, having a screw-threaded end, uponwhich is a thumbnut, c, by the adjustment of which the distance apart ofthe sides of the spring at this point can be varied as desired, changingthe pressure exerted by the jaws of the clip to that required by theconditions of use. At a short distance below the bolt D the sides of thespring are brought into contact and form the jaws E E of the clip, forholding the papers which are carried by the clip. The adjacent 6o sidesof these jaws are covered with a facing,

d, of rubber cloth or other suitable material, preferably but notnecessarily a fabric of some kind,so that thejaws will hold the paperswith a less amountof pressure, and the papers can be pulled from thejawswithout tearing. At the lower ends of the jaws E E the ends of the clipare bent outwardly, as shown, to form a sort of guide for assisting inintroducing papers into the clip. Thelateral extension F of the jaw E,however, is large enough to perform the additional function of receivingthe upward thrust of the thumb in opening the jaws by means of thespreader, which will be now explained. Just below the bolt D is a 7lever, G, which passes through slots in both jaws E E. It is pivoted atone end in a yoke,

e, secured by rivet-s to the outer side of the jaw E. Between the jawsthe lever G is provided with the spreading-plate H, which, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, is wider than the slots in the jaws throughwhich the lever passes. The free end of the lever G, outside of thej awE, carries a pivoted operating-link, I, which hangs downwardly in avertical position, and 8 5 has its lower end turned into a hook, whichis grasped by the forefinger of the operator.

To open the jaws of the clip, the operator grasps the hooked end ofthelink I by his forefinger, while his thumb presses upwardly againstthe extension F of the jaw E. He draws downwardly on thelink I with theforefinger against the upward thrust of the thumb, and the free end ofthe lever G is drawn downwardly, causing the spreading-plate to have a 95 rotary motion between the jaws E E like a Wiper and to open such jaws.The papers are then passed into the jaws by the other hand and the linkI released, when the jaws will spring together on the papers. Thepivoted 10o link I always drops into proper place and conforms itself tothe natural position of the hand of the operator. In removing the papersfrom thejaws, they may be simply pulled out, or the jaws may be spread,as before explained.

What I claim is 1. In store-service apparatus, the combination,with acarrier, of a spring-clip, a spreader for opening the jaws of the clip,and adjustable means holding such jaws normally closed, substantially asset forth.

2. In store-service apparatus, the combination, with a carrier,of anormally-closed springclip, a lever pivoted to one jaw of said clip andpassing through the other jaw, and a spreading plate or wiper carried bysaid lever be tween said jaws, substantially as set forth.

3. In store-service apparatus, the combination,with a carrier, of anormally-closed springclip, a spreader for opening the jaws of suchclip, adapted to be drawn downwardly by the forefinger of the operator,and an extension on said clip for receiving the upward thrust of thethumb of the operator, substantially as set 'forth.

4. In store-service apparatus, the combination, with a carrier, of aspring-clip, the holding bolt and nut, the spreading-lever carrying thespreading-plate, the pivoted operatinglink, and the extensionthumb-piece, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the two jaws E of a spring-clip, abolt carried byone jaw and having a nut bearing upon the other, a lever, G, pivoted toone jaw and having a wiper for spreading the jaws apart, and anoperatinglink, I, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of February, 1887.

MILTON F; ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WM. PELZER, E. C. ROWLAND.

